The woes of war in western Myanmar have been exacerbated by Cyclone Mocha, with already-struggling residents saying they have still received no assistance, and even accusing the military of launching fresh attacks during the storm.
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The woes of war in western Myanmar have been exacerbated by Cyclone Mocha, with already-struggling residents saying they have still received no assistance, and even accusing the military of launching fresh attacks during the storm.
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Deepening poverty and increased demand for scrap materials are driving ever more people, including children, to scavenge for rubbish in Myanmar’s cities, but worsening power cuts are creating recycling bottlenecks.
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Buddhist education centres for children and young adults are multiplying across Myanmar, but while they claim to be politically neutral, critics say they teach toxic nationalism and military propaganda.
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Young Myanmar artists are helping to bring innovative design ideas to traditional crafts as part of an effort to ensure the survival of the industry.
BY Thi Ri Han
An ‘evolutionary approach’ to change management offers a practical solution to the challenge of reforming Myanmar's system of government.
BY Henrich Dahm
တိုင်းရင်းသားရေးရာ ဝန်ကြီးဌာနသည် ပြည်တွင်းငြိမ်းချမ်းရေးနှင့် ဖက်ဒရယ်စနစ် ထွန်းကားရေးအတွက် အားကောင်းသော အထောက်အပံ့တစ်ခု ဖြစ်လာမည်ဟုလည်း တိုင်းရင်းသား အမတ်များက မျှော်လင့်နေကြသည်
The expectations of ethnic parties are complicating the race for the next chief minister of Shan State, where the Union Solidarity and Development Party and the Tatmadaw bloc have a narrow majority in the regional assembly.
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What is the NLD's strategy in the Sittwe assembly?
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National League for Democracy MPs elected last November have performed badly in tests of their knowledge about parliamentary procedures.
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